The new work now would go on and he and Ruth could go to Morfordsburg together! He could already see her trim, lovely figure in silhouette against the morning light, her eyes dancing, her face aglow in the crisp air of the hills.
Garry continued to talk on as they sped into the city, elaborating the details of the warehouse venture in which he had invested his present and some of his future commissions, but his words fell on stony ground.
The expected check was the only thing that filled Jack's thoughts.

There was no doubt in his mind now that the decision would be in MacFarlane's favor, and that the sum, whether large or small, would be paid without delay,--Garry being treasurer and a large amount of money being still due McGowan on the embankment and boulevard.

It would be joyous news to Ruth, he said to himself, with a thrill surging through his heart.
Jack left Garry on the Jersey side and crossed alone.

The boy loved the salt air in his face and the jewelled lights flashed from the ever-restless sea.

He loved, too, the dash and vim of it all.